Small Business Association

Ms Harris, maybe it is just perception, but under the thread where it began where you were voted out brannon was booed first post on second page it appears there was actually a call for a boycott by lazin and drinkin.

I said I wasn't going to go to Marie's until that owner lull his head out of the sand...

Haven't been there since and will not be going. Actually just sent some to another location that was looking to rent a place for an event.

Same for that Fred's Cash and Carry Hardware store(S). I think he has two. I don't go there, ever...

High prices, rude staff. Ace in Miramar Beach is the place!

As for the invitation only, that's a bit suspect. Do they discriminate?

10 Things In The World That Are Strictly Invite Only

Looks as if we've found #11, right here in Walton.

Schissler wrote a letter to the editor saying Bob Hudson called for a boycott which was NOT true. He also said other things about Bob personally. The letter actually sounded like someone else composed it for him that has had a vendetta against Bob for a long time.

I doubt that Schissler would say that a boycott would keep these small businesses from being able to buy Christmas presents for their children. This group was started in my opinion as a political group to raise money to take Cindy out of office, disguised . Remember you can put a lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig, the pig just wallows in the mud with its lipstick on.

Bonny...

Schissler wrote a letter to the editor saying Bob Hudson called for a boycott which was NOT true. He also said other things about Bob personally. The letter actually sounded like someone else composed it for him that has had a vendetta against Bob for a long time.

I doubt that Schissler would say that a boycott would keep these small businesses from being able to buy Christmas presents for their children. This group was started in my opinion as a political group to raise money to take Cindy out of office, disguised . Remember you can put a lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig, the pig just wallows in the mud with its lipstick on.

I understand what you are saying, but Bob Hudson did post pictures of businesses that were part of the SBA.

I understand what you are saying, but Bob Hudson did post pictures of businesses that were part of the SBA.

Yes you are right BUT he never said to boycott them. I think if they are losing business it is because the citizens are fed up with the good old boy system and pigs in lipstick. Game playing must stop by the people who want to own the BCC members and their votes. Until this happens the sun will never shine on Walton County Government.

This will be the year of not who spends the most it will be about who is just plain fed up with the same old same old.

Yes, and remember that these are businesses that members are "invited" to join. What makes those businesses so special over others in our community?

The SBA also doesn't list all of its businesses for the community to see who's a member. I wonder why not? Wouldn't you WANT people to know you are a proud member?

The posting of photos / logos was very informative, at least to me, to start to see who these people are.

It didn't take me very long to start to connect the dots. But that's a conspiracy for another day...

Yes you are right BUT he never said to boycott them. I think if they are losing business it is because the citizens are fed up with the good old boy system and pigs in lipstick. Game playing must stop by the people who want to own the BCC members and their votes. Until this happens the sun will never shine on Walton County Government.

This will be the year of not who spends the most it will be about who is just plain fed up with the same old same old.

No ma'am he never said to boycott them, but he did post pictures of businesses and said he wouldn't shop or eat there. I know it is semantics, but it kind of looked like he did endorse it. As I said, I think this is a matter of perception. I personally like Bob Hudson even though we may agree on very little.

Where is the letter to the editor at? What paper?

Where is the letter to the editor at? What paper?

Think it was in the Sun or the Defuniak Herald. I read it just don't remember where.

I wonder if the guy in this article was a SBA Member?

Sounds like the County footed the bill...

By TOM McLAUGHLIN
315-4435 | @TomMnwfdn
tmclaughlin@nwfdailynews.com

Posted Feb. 8, 2016 at 3:57 PM
Updated Feb 8, 2016 at 4:01 PM

Walton County’s Solid Waste Department and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have teamed up to remove 200 tons of tires from a property near Mossy Head.

The tires, an estimated 19,400 of them, had been piling up for years on land owned by a man whose last name was Brennan, according to Brandy Smith, a DEP external affairs manager. Officials said they don’t know his first name.“The owner (now deceased) had been picking up waste tires for a fee in neighboring counties, storing the tires on his property and slowly taking them to the Walton County Landfill for free disposal,” Smith said in an email.

DEP became aware of the unpermitted accumulation of tires, off a dirt road called Princess Street in 2012 when a complaint was made, Smith said. Efforts to get the property cleared were hampered by financial issues.The mountain of tires presented health concerns.“Not only did the site attract mosquitoes and other animals, such as rats and snakes, but these types of tire piles can also catch fire, which leads to additional environmental problems,” DEP Environmental Specialist Mike Stephen said in a news release.Brennan died in 2012 and his wife took up the tire removal effort under continued financial constraints, Smith said.

She did hire a private contractor to remove some 2,000 tires in 2015 before passing away herself in November, Smith said.

DEP then turned to the county, Smith said, and after logistical details were worked out for removal, the task was undertaken and has been completed.“This was a herculean task to undertake,” Jeff Massey, Walton County’s solid waste manager, said in the news release. “We were more than happy to be part of the process.”